verbWord forms: -els, -elling, -elledWord forms: US -els, -eling or -eled (intransitive)1. (foll by in) to take pleasure or wallow
to revel in success
2. to take part in noisy festivities; make merry
noun3. (often plural) an occasion of noisy merrymaking
4. a less common word for revelry
Word origin
C14: from Old French
reveler to be merry, noisy, from Latin
rebellāre to revolt,
rebel